Type-writer liner.



Nos 881,631,

. f PATENTBD 111111.10, 1908.

o. M. soRENsBN. v

TYPE WRITER LINER. APPLIUATION FILED 00T.v22, 1907.

y Kings and Stateof New York, have invented 1 5' {oted arm. c2 engaging the` rate the platen, said arm e being-provided with alug ca whichforms a pawlfor'the purpose a Citizen of. the Unitedstate skil ed in the art to `which'it appertll ins vto 110 make anduse the saine.

l aps-lated whichlmay UNITED. .STATES PATENT omnes.`

i 'OH'ARLEs' M.4 soRENsEN,

Ior BROOKLYN, ivnwvonn AssIGNOR To VIDALrYPEwRrTEa y Y( roMPANr, OF Naw YORK, N. v i CORPORATION or CUBA.

speificatinof Letters Pat-ent.

Patented March L10, 1908.

` of America,

Be it known that I, CHARLESW. Sonnivhinw lhe countyl 4of and 'residing'at Bro klyn, in

certain new and useful Improvements 1n 'Il ypeWriter Liners, of which the-following is` a s eciicationZ -such as will enablethose 'This-invention relates to typewriters 'arid bears directly upon an'application for a pagentv of the United States iiledf'October 2 .19O7, Ser,vNo. 398,580 upon typewriters, a e has for 'its object to provide devices whereby j thel laten of such a machine maybe opere 1 ate -directly from' the keyboard-morder tov 'producethe spacing between linesof writing;

a further 'object being to provide means, 1n`

gosuch a device, whereby said spacing may be madefof diHerent' widths and a`s'till further objectbeing to provide such a device'whicli- 'is simple in'construction`and operation andl f which may be employed upon typewriters as fat resent constructed.

j y linvention is fully described inthe following speciiicatiom of which they 'accompa- -Ily'ing drawings formia part, injwhic'h the i sameureferencecharacters are usedl to indigiocate the same parts in' each 'of the views, and

vention, remove from` a typewriter and with one ofthe side supports brokenaway; and

KA35 Fig: 2 is a fragmentary view of the-support,

-. not shown and a spacing adjusterwliich l 40writer and preferably ofthe type usually mounted lupon' a movable carriage, saidplaten being mounted-in suppoi'ts b and b? fandj between thel said supports 1s pivoted a frame 'e provided 4with aspri and also with a-lug c on the .opposite e, of

saidarm;

the rod e2 1s a bar fwhich is pivotally conother crank arm h? secured thereto and `w ich i througha greater arcof a circle.

' rc3" hen 1n normal position and thereby limit 155' the movement of aid arm.A

" Adjacent thekeyboard ofthe' typewriter is a key e which is mounted upon a 'verticalrod'e2 ivoted to a rod or shaft e3 secured to la fixe part of the typewriter ,and pivoted to nected'with-a crank arm f2 upon a shaft h 6 0 rotatable inthe frame of the typewriter and atthe rear thereof as clearly shown in the application referred to', said shaft h avi an- 5 is in operative connection with the' frame c 6 by means ofa link hiand, in practice, I employ a spring il to normally hold'the frame c dn the position shown. *.1

' When the key 'e is moved away from the platen a, the shaft h isl rotated, thereby moving the frame c upwardly and thus the arm' c? downwardly -untilV the lug lc engages the plate d and in this movement, the lug es ena ga'ging the'ratchet a?, the plat no isrotated 7 5 through a predetermined arctof a circle andl spacing ofthe lines of writing upon a sheet oflpa er,` movable with said latfqnis' ac'- co'mp 4 hed, and, if the plate d e in its lalternate position, he lug c* may move aljreater. 80 distance and thus the platen 'is moved It be evident that va "ous changes `and modification of the constructionihereln shown and described may -be made without" departing-from vthe spirit of my invention or sacricing Vitsadvantages and fwith 'this res-` ervation,'fef Whatl claim as new and desire to secure by. Letters atent, isz-'- 1, In combination with 'the carriage of a .Y

typewriter and supports thereof, the platen witha ratchet whee secured to the platen', a pivoted frame, a--spring held lpivotedfarm carried lby said'frameand disposed between said ratchet wheel and onel of said supports, mean`s on one side of said arm to engage said ratchet wheel to rotate the platen,` means on the opposite side-of said arm to-engage said sevv support and therebyY limit' the extent of- '10b' movement of theV arm, and means -movably carried by'said support seas to be movable into and out of the path 'of travel of said sec; f ond named means on saidarm. s

" 2. 'In combination with the carriage of a typewriter, the platen thereof, and the sup.- yports for said'carriage, a p'ivotedl frame; a`v spring held ivoted arm carried by the frame, la pivotedY e ement on one of'sald supports,

"and means on opposite, sides of said arm "one of said means being for rotating the platen and the other means being for 'engagement with said piVoted element or the support to Which it is attached.

3. In combination with the carriage of a typewriter, the supports thereof, the platen `and a ratchet wheel secured to the platen, a pivoted frame composed of a longitudinal member and end members the latter pivoted to said supports, one of said end members being extended and carrying means to operate said ratchet wheel, a Vertical spring held link movably connected at its top to said lon"- gitudinal member, a shaft having two crank arms one of which' is connected to said link,

a second oscillatory shaft at the keyboard, a

vertical arm having an arcflike movement connected to said second shaft to osclllate the same, and a horizontal bar connected to said second crank of the .first named shaft 3 

